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alex.barylski
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Blogging software needed

Post by alex.barylski »

BBlog, TextPattern and Wordpress are the ones I've looked at already...

I like BBlog as it's powered by Smarty which means I can easily modify the end user templates easily :P

Here are my requirements:
- Single user admin, nothing more or less...but more is ok
- Smarty templates
- Nothing advanced as far as WYSIWYG I would prefer valid code over robust WYSIWYG
- Easy searching, etc for articles by date, etc...

Single file attachment to each blog entry would be neat but not essential

Any suggestions?

Edit I should also note, that, if it had a feature where I readers could subscribe to be notified via email - THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!! :)
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You could use Drupal like a Blog. The advantage here is that it does everything you need plus if you/client wants it to do more there are plenty of modules to expand the site to just about anything you would want.
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Post by matthijs »

I have only experience with txp and wordpress. The last one will fit your needs. Only no smarty templates. Is that really necessary? WP templates are pure php. I can imagine you don't want a client who nows nothing about php messing around with the templates if they were in php. But if you build the templates yourself? If you know enough php to understand what <?php $content ?> and <?php if(is_home() ) { echo "somestuff"; } ?> mean, you can easily work with them. What I find attractive about it, is that I can easily add my own code to the templates. Say I need a date echoed somewere. echo date(), ready.

And as far as subscribing goes. Wp supports all the standard feed stuff. If subscribing by email isn't included by default, I'm sure one of the plugins will do. Maybe something like http://birdhouse.org/software/wp-digest/. (just a 10 sec search result)
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Post by alex.barylski »

Drupal...is dog meat...I don't the interface so I won't even bother looking into it any further :P

Wordpress sounds interesting...as it's for personal use only and PHP templates are how I do business as well...so that works well :)

Cheers :)
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

Hockey wrote:Drupal...is dog meat
You have such a way with words.

WordPress will drive you nuts if you want a template parser add-in because of their use of pure PHP templating.
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Post by alex.barylski »

Everah wrote:
Hockey wrote:Drupal...is dog meat
You have such a way with words.

WordPress will drive you nuts if you want a template parser add-in because of their use of pure PHP templating.
lol :P

I try :)

How do you mean, template parser? I'd be using PHP's builtin templating features no???
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

You mentioned earlier that you wanted to use Smarty. WordPress does not use a template parser. But it does use PHP templating very well.
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Post by alex.barylski »

Everah wrote:You mentioned earlier that you wanted to use Smarty. WordPress does not use a template parser. But it does use PHP templating very well.
I said Smarty only because I figured most would use that if any popular templating...

I didn't want some custom template engine like phpBB uses or whatever...

PHP as a native template language is rock solid fine by me... :)
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

Then you will love WordPress. I actually like it a lot. Their implementation of templating using PHP as the core is pretty neat. The one drawback is that some of the HTML formatting is done inside of some of their functions, which if you don't know your way around their app, it could make your brain want to puke. Otherwise, it is a pretty neat little app.
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Post by Mastermind »

you can download http://www.wordpress.com it can be simpleful configuration for a blog.
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

I believe WordPress.com is their online blogging space. If you want the code, you will need to get it from http://www.wordpress.org/.
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Post by matthijs »

Yes, for anyone planning to use wordpress, the documentationwill be your friend. Haven't seen an app with such an amount of documentation. For every template tag, each file, each setting there's an explanation. And links to related content, etc.

Only drawback: can be a bit intimidating at first. Info overload :) But once you know your way around, it's great.
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Try writing a template for it. That is some stuff. But it is also a great way to get an understanding of how the templating system works in WordPress.
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